Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mrs. Pigg grabbed a McDonald's lunch on the way to my office, and chomped it down in my waiting room. That's fine, many of us live in a hurry.

So when I called her back for her appointment, she had a pile of empty wrappers, ketchup packets, a french fry container, some napkins, and a soda spread all over my lobby table. She got up to come back to my office, and I said, "Mrs. Pigg, you left your lunch stuff out there."

SERIOUSLY?! Wow...that is just ridiculous. And to the Ovolslo Man -- I almost think that leaving the remains of yesterday's lunch might be more justifiable...you know, assuming she came into the office feeling nauseated. :-P

You could have stood there and waited until she picked up her sh!t before leading her back to the exam room! If it were me, I would probably have been frozen in my steps with eyes wide open in disbelief! Hey, where's the tip?!!

Don't you think that you should have asked her to rid your waiting room of her post-lunch garbage before you saw her for the appointment? I don't agree with waiting until after her appointment. Now she's learned nothing and will think your staff is there to pick up after her again next time.

Guys, I agree with all of you that I should have made her clean it up.

From my viewpoint- the situation took me by surprise. It had never happened in my 11 years of practice, and so when she just dismissed the mess I was shocked. I should have made her clean it then, but was too stunned to do so.

I'd decided after she was back in my office that she couldn't check out (make a follow-up and schedule tests) until she cleaned it up. But one of the girls did it while she was back here.

After she left we decided that if it ever happens again the patient isn't starting their appointment until they clean up. I agree entirely with ER's Mom.

I dunno, guys. It probably wouldn't be worse the hassle. The same kind of person who would leave that kind of mess in a professionl office, probably wouldn't bat an eye by making a scene when called on it.

Well, after seein the inside of some houses from "Kim and Aggie's "perspective, I am convinced that many humans are filthier than your average sewer rat. Dust bunnies and unfolded laundry is one thing...bugs petrified in grease rotting under three foot piles of unwashed panties and used condoms in food wrappers from 2005. Are Americans and Brits REALLY living in 12th century sanitary conditions???

True story: I'm waiting on this person at the counter..who is chowing on Mcdonalds..(we have one next door). she's trying to fiddle with her lunch and the cash register transaction. She nearly tips over her coke, then after i hand her the receipt (grossed out by this whole interchange) she stuffs everything in the bag and shoves it over the counter and says "here, would you be a dear"leaves it on the on the counter.

Welcome to my whining!

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